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Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2020
Easyjet hacked: 9 million customer’s data exposed along with 2,200+ credit card details

British airline EasyJet announced it was the victim of a “highly sophisticated” cyber attack that exposed email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. British airline EasyJet announced that a “highly sophisticated” cyber-attack exposed email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. “Following discussions with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2020
APT group targets high profile networks in Central Asia

Security firms have foiled an advanced cyber espionage campaign carried out by Chinese APT and aimed at infiltrating a governmental institution and two companies. Antivirus firms have uncovered and foiled an advanced cyber espionage campaign aimed at a governmental institution and two companies in the telecommunications and gas sector. The level of sophistication of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2020
Interserve UK defense contractor hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees details exposed

Britain’s Ministry of Defence contractor Interserve has been hacked, intruders have stolen up to 100,000 past and present employees’ details. Interserve, a contractor for the Britain’s Ministry of Defence suffered a security breach, hackers have stolen up to 100,000 of past and current employees details. The company currently has around 53,000 employees. Stolen data includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2020
Palo Alto Networks addresses tens of serious issues in PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks addressed tens of vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the software that runs on the company’s next-generation firewalls. Palo Alto Networks has issued security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the software that runs on the company’s next-generation firewalls. One of the most severe vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-2018, is an authentication bypass vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2020
Expert found 1,236 websites infected with Magecart e-skimmer

A security researcher is warning of a new wave of MageCart attackers, he has found over 1,000 domains infected with e-skimmers. MageCart gangs continue to be very active, security researcher Max Kersten discovered 1,236 domains hosting e-skimmer software. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target e-stores to steal payment card data with software skimmers. Security firms have […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2020
USCYBERCOM shares five new North Korea-linked malware samples

The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has uploaded five new North Korean malware samples to VirusTotal. The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has shared five new malware samples attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT, it has uploaded the malicious code to VirusTotal. “On May 12, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2020
Adobe addresses critical issues in Acrobat, Reader, and DNG SDK

Adobe has released security updates to address 36 vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Adobe DNG Software Development Kit. Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Adobe DNG Software Development Kit that address thirty-six security vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Adobe DNG Software Development Kit. Sixteen vulnerabilities addressed by Adobe have […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2020
Patch now your vBulletin install before hacker will target your forum

Maintainers of the vBulletin project have released an important fix to address a security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-12720. Administrators of online discussion forums based on the popular vBulletin CMS urge to update their install to address a critical security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-12720. “A security exploit has been reported within vBulletin 5.6.1. To fix this issue, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2020
Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler hit by a malware-based attack

Stadler, a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock disclosed a data breach, hackers attempted to blackmail the company. International rail vehicle manufacturer, Stadler, disclosed a security breach that might have also allowed the attackers to steal company data. Attackers confirmed that attackers compromised the IT network of the company and deployed some of its machines with malware that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2020
Shiny Hunters group is selling data from 11 companies on the Dark Web

Shiny Hunters hacking group is offering for sale on a dark web marketplace databases containing over 73.2 million user records from over 11 companies. A hacking group named Shiny Hunters is attempting to sell on a dark web hacking marketplace databases containing more than 73.2 million user records from 11 different companies. Shiny Hunters started offering […]